Instructions for Research Projects
DISCUSSION OF PROJECT WITH RESOURCE DIRECTOR
Before submitting samples for analysis, you must first discuss your research project with the Resource Director, Al Burlingame. This discussion will include presentation of the science, feasibility, and suggestions of appropriate sample preparation.
If Dr. Burlingame request samples to be sent for initial feasibility a feasibility sample submission form MUST accompany the samples. Although your samples may be accepted for initial feasibility this is not approval to establish a project.
When the project has been approved a Sample Submission Form should accompany all submitted samples. Each form should have a SHORT and UNIQUE sample name (i.e. Histone 1, next form Histone 2) and the PI's signature. If a project number has been assigned this must be included on the form. If you wish to submit more than 20 samples for analysis at one time please notify the facility to obtain authorization to do so before submission.
Samples may be dropped off in person before 4:00pm Monday-Friday. Samples dropped off after this time will remain in the administrative area until the following morning for processing and storage.
Mail or drop off samples and forms to:
Mass Spectrometry Facility
University of California, San Francisco
600 16th Street, Genentech Hall, Room N472A, MC 2240
San Francisco, CA 94158-2517
Once feasibility of the research is confirmed a Resource member will request that you submit the Application for Project Approval form. This form is used to establish a project with the Resource and will be reviewed by the director. If the project is approved it will be assigned a project number and confirmed through an email sent to the investigators listed. This project number should accompany all sample submissions for the project. Collaborations are established on a project-by-project basis. Any different or new projects must be discussed with the Resource Director in advance.
Resource users agree to provide annual progress information as requested for NIH reporting purposes. This information includes current financial support, updating investigators, providing work progress, and resulting publications. Users also agree to acknowledge the Resource in any publications using data derived from work performed in the Resource.
GRANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
All publications using data obtained through the Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource at UCSF you are required to acknowledge the Resource and the applicable grant number. Below is an example of the format for acknowledgment of the Resource. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Acknowledgment Example:
"...was provided by the Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource at UCSF (A.L. Burlingame, Director) supported by the Biomedical Research Technology Program of the National Center for Research Resources, NIH NCRR P41RR001614, and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH NIGMS P41GM103481, from the National Institutes of Health."
| Mass Spectrometer | Funding Grant Number |
|---|---|
| ABI Sciex 300 Electrospray | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 |
| ABI Sciex TOF TOF | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 and 1S10RR014606 |
| ABI Sciex QSTAR Elite | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 |
| ABI Sciex QSTAR Pulsar | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 and 1S10RR012961 |
| ABI Sciex QSTAR XL | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 and 1S10RR015804 |
| ABI Sciex QTRAP 5500 | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 and 1S10RR026662 |
| ABI Sciex QTRAP 4000 | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 |
| Thermo Scientific LTQ | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 |
| Thermo Scientific LTQ-FT ICR | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 and 1S10RR019934 |
| Thermo Scientific LTQ-Orbitrap Velos | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 and Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Thermo Scientific LTQ-Orbitrap XL | NIH NCRR P41RR001614 |